Gus Silverman

Practice Areas

Gus heads Deighton Pierce Glynn’s Bristol Actions Against the Police team. He is top ranked in the areas of police law, civil liberties and human rights, and inquests.

Gus represents clients who have been harmed by the unlawful actions of the police and other state agencies, including the Ministry of Justice and the Crown Prosecution Service, as well as by companies delivering services within the criminal justice system.

Many of Gus’ cases concern complaints and civil actions against the police. These include seeking accountability for clients who have been:

• Unlawfully arrested or otherwise detained

• Subjected to unlawful force

• Maliciously prosecuted

• Discriminated against e.g. on the grounds of race or disability

• The victims of serious sexual and violent crimes which are then inadequately investigated and/or prosecuted

• Prevented from exercising their right to peaceful protest

• Subjected to treatment that breaches their other legal rights, including under the Human Rights Act and the Data Protection Act

Gus also acts for the families of loved ones who die in police or prison custody, following contact with the police or as the result of failings by state agencies, including mental health services, or private bodies.

In 2019, Gus was named Lawyer of the Year at the Bristol Law Society awards. He is a regular speaker on the Legal Action Group’s annual Advanced Actions Against the Police course.